causing shame or a loss of honour
To force a way through; penetrate. Usually by a pointed object.
to or towards a place
Cars that usually transport coffins during funerals
When something overrides another
To defend or hit back
a person's moral sense of right and wrong
To be obstructed or hindered
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The Question and Answer section for Jonathan Swift: Poems is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Swift is critical of big cities like London and the people that inhabit it. He sees cities as dirty suffocating places populated by people who are largely deceitful and greedy.
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The author's attitude is critical of big cities and the people who live in them. I think there is a steady theme of people being criminal or lazy. Young apprentices try to make their work to look clean instead of being clean and schoolboys waste...
